Word: barefooted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trip to his parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Rajiv winced as old women fell to the ground at his feet and ragged, barefoot young men chanted, "You are the hope of India?Rajiv, Rajiv, Rajiv...
...feared autumn offensive by the rebels has failed to materialize. Almost daily, Salvadoran newspapers carry reports of defections by the insurgents or of arms caches turned up during army sweeps in the countryside. Complains an F.M.L.N. official in Mexico City: "Many of our fighters have to go into combat barefoot." Guerrilla spokesmen also charge that government air and artillery attacks against rebel-held areas have eroded their civilian support, often at a heavy cost in human life. Nonetheless, U.S. and Salvadoran intelligence have monitored more than 100 reports of guerrilla movements since Duarte's U.N. speech, a possible indication...
...suspects there is a measure of envy of Dallas out there in the Lone Star State, though no one, no one, admits it. Years ago there was a widely circulated cartoon that captured this never expressed emotion. In the frame were a man and a barefoot woman, a farming couple, with an oil gusher erupting on their barren land. The woman was saying, "How late does Neiman-Marcus stay open...
...memorable tears. It staggered him and everyone else. And the financial stripe of Mary Decker's shoes stopped being a topic of much interest once they became tangled in the loose limbs of a dramatic child, as Decker fell by the wayside of her lifelong race. Barefoot Zola Budd of South Africa and England padded onward in tears and boos, but her heart appeared to have dropped beside Decker. So that was the outcome of the Games' great confrontation: a double knockout...
...Budd's hastily-acquired British citizenship satisfies its requirements, and in the shadow of the Soviet-bloc boycott of the Games, interest in Budd's bid for Olympic gold has focused on today's showdown with American Track star Mary Decker, and on whether or not Budd will run barefoot today and in tomorrow's 1500-meter final...